Shovel.



C. J. LUTHER.

SHOVEL. APPLICATlON FILED DEC. I0, I9l5.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT orrron CLEVIA J. LUTHER, OF WASSON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO LOUIS N. PARISH AND ONE-THIRD T0 ROBERT HARGIS BOTI-I OF HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS.

SHOVEL.

Application filed December 10, 1915.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, CLEVIA J. LUTHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at IVasson, in the county of Salina and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Shovel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shovels such as used by coal miners or wherever large scoops or shovels are used.

Heretofore where large shovels or scoops have been employed, the dragging of a loaded shovel toward the user to enable him to lift it has not only been laborious but has also resulted in rapid wearing of the shovel;

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a shovel having anti-friction devices connected thereto where they will not interfere with the using of the shovel upon a rough surface where rollers could not travel, but which rollers will operate as eificient means for supporting the shovel or scoop after it has been filled and while it is being drawn over a surface toward the user. v

A further object is to provide anti-friction devices which are inconspicuous and can be conveniently connected to shovels of the usual forms.

IVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a shovel having the present improvements combined therewith. Fig. 2 is a section on line A-B Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side 1 elevation of the shovel. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of one of the anti-friction devices used in connection with the shovel. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section therethrough. Fig. 6 is an end elevation.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a shovel which may be of usual form and which, in the present instance, is provided with longitudinal ribs Specification of Letters Patent.

transversely through the recess.

roller.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

Serial No. 66,148.

2 pressed upwardly therefrom to form channels 3 in the bottom of the shovel. Each of these channels is adapted to' receive a block 4 having openings 5 in theend portions thereof for the reception of rivets, this block having its upper face rounded so that when the block is secured within one of the grooves 3, its upper face will fit snugly against the wall of the groove as shown particularly in Fig. 2.

Formed in the bottom of the block 4 at the center thereof is a recess 6 in which is arranged an anti-friction roller 7 held in position by a bearing pin 8 which extends The wall of the recess 6 is arranged close to and concentric with the roller 7 so that it is thus practically impossible for particles of coal or other substances'to work into the recess 6 and interfere with the rotation of the In order to accommodate the recess 6 and the roller therein, the block 4 is of greater thickness at the center than at its ends, the bottom of the block being inclined upwardly from its center toward its ends as shown for example in Fig. 5.

Preferably two of the anti-friction devices herein described are employed, they being located at opposite sides of the center of the shovel and adjacent the back end. thereof where they will properly support thus to permit it.to be drawn readily toward the user. The shovel having the presm ent improvements combined therewith is' the shovel is to be moved over a comparatively smooth surface. By seating theblocks within the grooves 3, the rivets used for fastening the parts in place are relieved of lateral strains and theshovel is strengthened by the addition of the metal forming the blocks.

As the rollers serve to hold the shovel off of the surfacesupporting it, it;

will be apparcntthatthe life of the shovel will be greatly prolonged by the use of these rollers.

What is claimed is The combination with a shovel having parallel upstruck ribs extending longitudinally of the bottom thereof and constituting reinforcing means, said ribs forming long-L,

tudinal grooves thereunder, of a block fitted snugly in each groove and held against lateral movement by the Walls of the groove, securing means extending through each block and the bottom of the shovel, each block having a thickened central portion formed With an arcuate recess in the bottom thereof, and an anti-friction roller mounted for rotation in each recess and pro- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

